snappish
Example Sentences
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Full of snappy and snappish dialogue, the book imagines a carnival-esque week’s idyll in the “shantytown of millionaires” that was 1950s Malibu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Sometimes he was snappish, and sometimes just whiny, but always bristling.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2024
Lulu has been traumatized by her experiences on the front lines and is skittish and snappish.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
Mr. Pryce pours himself into every cranny of his character’s contradictions: sometimes snappish, sometimes pathetic, always transparent.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2019
When Holmes left them, they appeared crestfallen, their demeanor suddenly brittle and snappish.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
